carting

verb

Definition of cartingnext
present participle of cart
as in carrying
to support and take from one place to another carted a knapsack filled with books from class to class

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carting
  1. carrying
  2. hauling
  3. transporting
Verb
  • The county has previously sprayed pesticides in neighborhoods where mosquitoes potentially carrying West Nile virus have been found.
    Nollyanne Delacruz, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
  • The crowd moved slowly because of its size, with some cyclists carrying the Chinese flag and some people sleeping on the ground in a park after arriving in Kaifeng, according to photos and videos shared with NBC News.
    Peter Guo, NBC News, 11 Nov. 2024
Definition of carrying
Verb
  • Asheville’s flood woes are compared to 1916, when in fact mules hauling supplies were more the norm.
    Alan Wooten | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Government agencies, along with smaller organizations and businesses, are hauling food, water and other emergency supplies into North Carolina's mountain towns by semi-trucks, helicopters, military planes and even mules.
    Katie Peralta Soloff, Axios, 30 Sep. 2024
Definition of hauling
Verb
  • To Decatur’s west, Sangamon County previously expanded an existing moratorium on transporting or storing CO2 underground.
    Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco / Grist, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
  • So there's no carbon footprint in transporting those products to us.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of transporting
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carting

carton

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